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Using the Core Competencies for Public
Health Professionals to Address Workforce
Development Needs
Kathleen Amos
Public Health Foundation
APHA 2018 Annual Meeting
November 13, 2018
Presenter Disclosures
Kathleen Amos, MLIS
• (1) The following personal financial relationships with
commercial interests relevant to this presentation existed
during the past 12 months:
• No relationships to disclose
This project is supported by Cooperative Agreement Number NU38OT000311, funded by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.
Overview
What are the Core Competencies for Public Health
Professionals?
How are these competencies used in workforce
development?
What resources and tools are available to support
competency-based workforce development?
PHF Mission:
We improve public health and population health practice to support healthier communities
Staff Council on Linkages
www.phf.org
Public Health Foundation
Experts in Quality Improvement,
Performance Management, and
Workforce Development
Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice
Core Competencies for Public Health
Professionals
Consensus set of skills desirable for the broad practice of
public health
Reflect characteristics that staff of public health organizations
may want to possess as they work to protect and promote
health in the community
Designed to serve as a starting point for practice and
academic organizations working to understand, assess, and
meet training and other workforce development needs
Core Competencies for Public Health
Professionals
www.phf.org/corecompetencies
Modified Version of the Core Competencies
www.phf.org/modifiedcorecompetencies
Using the Core Competencies
Used in developing:
Job descriptions
Performance objectives
Workforce competency/needs assessments
Training to build skills and competence
Workforce development plans to ensure a skilled workforce
Discipline-specific competency sets
Used by:
~80% of state health departments
45% of local health departments
~90% of academic public health-focused programs
Sharing Stories
Sharing Stories
Current categories:
Assessments
Discipline-specific competencies
Job descriptions
Learning management networks
Professional development
Workforce development plans
What categories would you like to see?
Do you have a story to share?
Let us know!
Send suggestions and stories to competencies@phf.org
Resource: Competency Assessments
www.phf.org/competencyassessments
www.phf.org/determiningPHjobcompetencies
Resource: Prioritizing Competencies for
Job Descriptions
Resource: Sample Job Descriptions
www.phf.org/competencyjobdescriptions
Resource: Training
www.phf.org/train or www.train.org
Resource: Training Plans
www.phf.org/train or www.train.org
Resource: Sample Workforce
Development Plans
www.phf.org/competencywdplans
Resource: Technical Assistance
Distance:
Kathleen Amos
kamos@phf.org
202-218-4418
On-Site:
Ron Bialek
rbialek@phf.org
202-218-4420
www.phf.org/piservices
Stay in the Know
Webpage: www.phf.org/corecompetencies
Newsletters:
Council on Linkages Update – www.phf.org/councilupdate
PHF E-News – www.phf.org/e-news
Public Health Learning – www.phf.org/publichealthlearning
Core Competencies Workgroup
To join, contact Kathleen Amos, kamos@phf.org
Let us know what you think!
Contact Kathleen Amos, kamos@phf.org
Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals: www.phf.org/corecompetencies
Modified Core Competencies: www.phf.org/modifiedcorecompetencies
Core Competencies Tools: www.phf.org/corecompetenciestools
Council on Linkages: www.phf.org/councilonlinkages
TRAIN Learning Network: www.train.org
On-Site Assistance from PHF Experts: www.phf.org/piservices
Public Health Foundation
Improving Public Health and Population Health Practice to Support Healthier Communities
Want to know more?
Contact Kathleen Amos at kamos@phf.org.
Thank You!• Kathleen Amos, MLIS
• Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages
• Public Health Foundation
• kamos@phf.org
• www.phf.org
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